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...whaling crew were Soviet Russians and, as far as riotous behavior went, Wellington might as well have been host to a church convention. The Russians did their drinking in coffee and milk bars; they avoided waterfront dives, were polite and soft-spoken in trams and shops. The pursuit of women was out of bounds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEW ZEALAND: Landing Party | 4/21/1958 | See Source »

Communist Chance. If the Congress should pass up Ydigoras for Cruz Salazar, the general would probably bring his followers out into the streets for riotous demonstrations, in which the Revolutionary Party and Communists might join in order to nullify the election...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GUATEMALA: Unsettled Election | 2/3/1958 | See Source »

...zeal directed against the bad food and Institute hikes in prices had somewhat abated last night as a result of a statement released yesterday by John T. Rule, Dean of Students. The dean said that the mere presence of a student at "a riotous or unauthorized demonstration" would be "probable grounds for expulsion from the Institute...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Students at M.I.T. Riot in Protest Against Rise in Dormitory Rates | 3/4/1957 | See Source »

...boycott of one of the resident dining-rooms, and then, the following evening, erupted in a series of more violent demonstrations along Memorial Drive. Late yesterday afternoon the office of John T. Rule, Dean of Students, issued a statement in which the Institute "deplored and apologized for" the "recent riotous actions by some of its students...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Students at M.I.T. Riot in Protest Against Rise in Dormitory Rates | 3/4/1957 | See Source »

...workingmen. When the death of a Deputy forced a special election, every party accepted it as the first major referendum since last year's national election, and committed its full forces-all but Poujade, who asked his followers to boycott the election. It proved to be the most riotous campaign in 20 years. There were bombings, street fights and sluggings between rightists and Communists, Poujadists and Radicals, as 23 candidates harangued and orated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Bomb for a Bordello | 2/4/1957 | See Source »

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